9. They stripped him and took his head and his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines proclaiming the good news to their idols and to the people.
10. They put his armor in the house of their gods, and hung his head in the house of Dagon.
11. Now when all Jabesh Gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
12. all the valiant men arose and retrieved the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons and brought them to Jabesh. They buried their bones under the oak tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.